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单词 well-done
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well-doneadj.n.int.

Brit. /ˌwɛlˈdʌn/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈdən/, West African English /ˈwɛldɔn/, East African English /ˈweldan/
Forms: see well adv. and n.4 and done adj.1 and n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., done adj.1; well adv., English done , do v.
Etymology: < well adv. + done adj.1 In sense A. 4 < well adv. + done, past participle of do v. (compare do v. 16c). Compare Middle High German wol getān virtuously, properly, or skilfully performed, rightly done, (specifically) attractive, beautiful (German wohlgetan).
A. adj.
1. Virtuously, properly, or skilfully performed; rightly done.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > displaying or requiring skill
well-doneeOE
craftyOE
craftful?c1335
craftsmanlike1547
skilfulc1595
artist1603
skilled1776
knowing1793
eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xxxiv. 229 Suiðe suiðe we gesyngiað, gif we oðerra monna welgedona dæda [L. aliena bene gesta] ne lufigað.
1399 Rolls of Parl.: Henry IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1399 Pleas §9. m. 2 It ware wele done, withe outen dethe ore any other thyng that thei myghte noghte honestly assent to, no speke of.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 190 It is a merytorie and a weel don deede.
1479 R. Cely Let. 8 Nov. in Cely Lett. (1975) 63 Hyt wher whelldoyn to enqwer..how h[i]t mythet be payd.
?1536 R. Copland Hye Way to Spyttell Hous sig. B.i Me thynke it..a very well done dede With deuocyon suche people to fede.
1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xiv. xci. 369 Times were when Practize also preacht, and well-said was well-done.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 225 We will draw the Curtain, and shew you the picture..Ist not well done ? View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 320 What worke is heere Charmian? Is this well done? Char. It is well done, and fitting for a Princesse. View more context for this quotation
?a1676 T. Bell Nehemiah Tirshatha (1692) 162 Hast thou not the pourtrait of this beauty in thine heart?.. I should hold my self everlastingly obliged to him that would give me a well done coppy.
1716 Disc. Char. Gentleman To Rdrs. sig. A2v We though it would be a pity such a well done Piece should continue in a State of Obscurity.
1791 S. Dobson tr. Petrarch View Human Life 180 There is no joy so great..as that which springeth from pureness of conscience, and remembrance of things well done.
1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 82 This is a clear and well-done translation.
1900 Westm. Gaz. 5 May 2/1 A well-done landscape of late autumn.
1933 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 13 June 3/3 Mattern hasn't much to look forward to except the satisfaction of a good job well done.
2004 Food & Trav. May 17/2 Luxury ingredients sit alongside simple things well done, such as pot-roast free-range chicken with split-pea cassoulet.
2. Prosperous, successful. Cf. well-doing adj. 2. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective]
i-selic888
wealyc893
blaed-fastOE
i-sundfulc1000
full-thrivenc1175
well-donea1200
wealfulc1230
i-selec1275
neotsumc1275
prosperc1350
wealsomea1382
well begonea1393
prosperable?c1422
thriftyc1440
prosperousc1450
quartful?c1475
wealthyc1480
wella1500
prospering1587
felicious1599
thriving1607
felicitous1641
prospered1651
well-faring1712
well-doing1800
made-up1956
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 29 Ðu ert wel don man, and þarto wurðlich.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12229 Comen mid þere quene wifmen wel idone. þere richchere monne wif alle þe wunede on londe.
3. Well trained or educated; capable, excellent. Obsolete.Apparently only in Laȝamon's Brut.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [adjective]
glewc725
wiselyc900
snoterc950
wiseOE
keena1000
witterc1100
redewisec1225
redefulc1275
well-donec1275
witfulc1275
sage1297
redya1325
heartya1382
prudenta1382
hearteda1425
subtilea1450
sapient1471
Palladian1562
wittiful1590
judicious1591
cordate1651
sophical1739
sophica1773
sapientious1852
unbesotted1875
sapiential1882
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 457 Membricius..wes a riche mon þe wes swiðe wel idon [Fr. saives hom].
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14846 Godd clarc and wel idon þa haueð his cantel-cape on.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2637 Þeos ilke eorles weren kene..and wel idone.
4. Of meat: thoroughly cooked.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > cooked (of specific food) > meat
rawish1577
blood-raw1590
well-done1681
underdone1683
green1725
rare-done1746
rare1776
blue1867
medium1901
pink1947
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > cooked > overcooked or slightly burned
zamzawed1743
overdone1781
set-on1825
well-done1846
1681 D. Papin New Digester ii. 9 The Mutton was very well done, the bones soft, and the juyce a strong Gelly.
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery i. 4 Pork must be well done, or it is apt to Surfeit.
1846 A. Soyer Gastron. Regenerator p. xxi Veal and pork must be well done. Venison must be underdone.
1854 Harper's Mag. Jan. 269/2 Will you have it rare or well-done? Shall it be a porter-house?
1870 Cassell's Househ. Guide I. 171/1 A well-cooked joint needs no such addition to its natural appearance, the streaks of gravy which flow from the centre, when the joint is well done, being ornament sufficient.
1967 Boys' Life Sept. 26/3 If you like well-done steak, cook it for about seven or eight minutes on each side.
1992 Nat. Hist. Feb. 76/1 In between the absolutely raw and the absolutely cooked—between sashimi and a well-done burger—is ceviche.
B. n.
1. That which is or has been performed well. rare.In Old English also in partitive genitive singular as postmodifier.In quot. OE: †a benefit (obsolete), rendering classical Latin beneficium benefice n.; cf. discussion at well-doing adj.In quot. 1596 personified; cf. do-well n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [noun] > that which is well done
well-doneeOE
eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xvii. 111 Gif hwæt welgedones bið [L. si qua bene gesta sunt], ðonne cnodað him ðæt ealle..mid herenesse.
OE (Northumbrian) Liturgical Texts (Durham Ritual) in A. H. Thompson & U. Lindelöf Rituale Ecclesiae Dunelmensis (1927) 23 Ad beneficia recolenda..tribue uenire gaudentes : to welgidoeno eft bigengo..ræc cyme gifeando.
1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. lii. 238 And curious thay That, dribling Almes by Arte, disband wel-Meant from wel-Dons pay.
1955 W. Boeck & J. Sabartés tr. J. Cocteau in Picasso ii. 346 This Picasso has done a great deal to confuse young painters. He takes it as a dogma that the well-done is overdone.
2. Chiefly as two words. An instance of saying ‘well done!’ as an expression of approval or congratulations. See sense C. 1.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > an instance, act, or expression of > specific
well-done1628
1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xii. sig. G8v Two excellent well-dones haue vndone him.
1690 C. Mather Wonderful Wks. God Commemorated Ep. Ded. sig. A4v In the day when such a Word will be esteem'd above ten thousand Worlds, you may hear a Well Done! from the mouth of our Glorious Judge.
1790 Proc. Afr. Assoc. 42 A single well-done from your Association has more worth in it to me, than all the trappings of the East.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xi. 89 Fortunately I got through without any word from the officer, and heard the ‘well done’ of the mate, when the yard reached the deck.
1869 Children's Ann. 99 The ‘well done!’ that came from the lips of the mowers when he had done his task, was worth more than money to him.
1978 J. Stallworthy Familiar Tree 55 With never a ‘well done’ for years of unpaid overtime, I slaved, helping you climb the treacherous ascent from hustings into Parliament.
2010 J. Brady Hero of Pacific 4 Basilone was overwhelmed by the enthusiastic ‘well dones’ of his fellow Americans.
C. int. As two words.
1. Used to express approval or congratulations.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > expressions of commendation [interjection]
well-donea1500
macte1573
hear- him1727
hear1768
that's your sort1792
top marks1829
that's the spirit1853
good for you (also him, her, etc.)1855
good man1887
good egg1903
attaboy1909
to go up (also down) one1909
right on1911
hotcha1931
thataboy1936
hubba-hubba1944
chapeau1976
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xvi. 197 1 Mulier. Veniance for this syn I cry both euyn and morne. 2 Miles. Well done!
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Euge, well done.
1611 Bible (King James) Matt. xxv. 21 Well done, thou good and faithfull seruant. View more context for this quotation
1696 M. Pix Spanish Wives i. 8 Well done, Tittup! Ha boy, Tittup!
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 154 Well done, my dear boy!—O bravo!
1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 189 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 563 Tam..roars out, ‘Weel done, Cutty-sark!’
1854 W. H. Russell in J. E. Lewis Mammoth Bk. War Correspondents (2001) 10 ‘Bravo Highlanders! Well done!’ shout the excited spectators.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 243 Ion. I obtained the first prize of all, Socrates. Soc. Well done.
1952 M. Laski Village ii. 48 People turned to slap Roy on the back and say ‘Well done, old sport.’
1987 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Apr. c1/2 I walk in the locker room and hear players saying, ‘Well done, guys’.
2000 B. Roberts in J. Thomas Catwomen from Hell 118 He recognises a smiling face bobbing past him and bellows in an ear, ‘I hear you scored a blinder on Saturday, Richards. Well done!’
2. British colloquial. In well done that man (hence also well done that woman).
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1944 J. Aistrop in J. Aistrop & R. Moore Bugle Blast 2nd Ser. 96 When you balled a thing up he used to raise an eyebrow and say, ‘Well done that man in denims.’
1988 Sc. Curler Nov. 21/1 Steven Macdonald..managed to throw the most consistent barrier weight over 4 stones—well done that man!
1993 I. Banks Complicity (1996) ix. 203 She sees the bottle in Yvonne's hand. ‘Oh, I say, well done that woman.’ She holds out her flute.
2009 T. Pratchett Unseen Academicals (2011) 31Well done, that man,’ said Ridcully, and the wizards commenced that..table-thumping which is the mark of appreciation amongst men of a certain age.
3. In parts of Africa, esp. Nigeria and Uganda: used as a friendly greeting or salutation, esp. when encountering a person at work or in a state of activity. Occasionally as one word. [Used as the English equivalent to a range of expressions in African languages (in various language groups), typically consisting of a salutation or a word for ‘thank you’ followed by a word denoting activity.]
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1971 A. Bamgboṣe in J. Spencer Eng. Lang. W. Afr. 44 In Nigerian English, the expressions sorry and welldone are often used as greetings—the..latter as a greeting to anyone at work.
2018 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 3 Dec. Hello, well done sir, I just came to say hi.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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